I am not fighting gaffer - truly. I just have a hard time in my mind trying to substitute a donkey for a shepherd in tending ones flock.
Maybe I will see a donkey herding a flock - I just haven’t. but yeah - they have a hard kick.
Seriously - my tone is friendly
Kind regards
As I said in my first post, I see a cattle farmer’s donkey every day standing out there with the cattle calmly grazing and mixing in with the scattered herd. I guess it’s easier for the farmer because the donkeys pretty much eat like the cattle - grazing. Personally, I think they’re better with cattle than sheep, but they are largely used.
Donkeys are a common practice where I
live, and they are an effective defense
against coyotes. What I’ve witnessed
Zfirst hand, that in the furry of
battle between donkey and Coyote, is
sheep become collateral damage. A sheeps’
demise is their ingrained desire to
follow the leader. Once the leader
ceases to no longer exist, the heard
suffers utter confusion. Coyotes are
a cunning vicious prediator.